Adapting Education
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Math & Grammar
It’s been awhile since the last post as I’ve been without a laptop and it’s too time consuming to type, post and upload photography from an ipad. So I’ve got plenty of photography backed up but will post it in bits and pieces… The girls have started using the math bead chains and love…
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Handwriting and Math
Handwriting without Tears and their workbooks are a favorite with the girls. Even the coloring pages in the books are designed to work on certain strokes that are key to learning how to write. What I have noticed different with Lily and coloring is her taking her time to slow down to color in the…
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Addition Strip Board
Above the girls work with the addition strip board. It’s similar to their number rods so they immediately understood how to use it after one example. They have a good time using this board. Below the girls are using the stamp game to add up simple static math examples. The numbers chosen were picked out…
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Beginning Grammar
We’ve started really exploring the use of grammar in language the past few weeks. We’ve so far worked on Nouns and Verbs and added Articles. We’ve touched up on adjectives too and a little preposition. The girls are using the Montessori grammar symbols to learn the different parts of speech and it’s working beautifully, helping…
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Geometry and Mat Man
The girls are working with geometry in this post. I took out the geometry forms and paired them up with the geometry cabinet so the girls could look at both the two dimensional and three dimensional shapes at the same time. I did something very non traditional as the girls asked me one day why…
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Language and Math
Below the girls are working on math. Solving addition problems with their checkerboard beads. This is one of their favorite ways to do math. In the gallery above, the girls are working on math, and some of their practice workbooks that include everything from language to math. They love completing pages and putting a gold…
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